2007 June 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings

BATON ROUGE (AP) — A bill that would let bars and restaurants in Louisiana hold the popular Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments is headed to the full Senate for debate after winning approval from a Senate committee.

Orleans Parish is excluded from a bill bill that would let bars and restaurants in Louisiana hold the popular Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments.

The PokerNews Cup Australia will take place in October 2007 and players have over seventy chances to compete for free through our fantastic $5000 PokerNews Cup Freerolls which start this week!

Tuesday’s final table is set for Event #28, $3,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em — sort of. Instead of the usual nine seats, this final table with start with ten, as play was suspended Monday night after the 11th-place elimination and places were…

Monday saw the start of an anticipated, fast-paced tourney, Event #30, $2,500 No Limit Hold ‘Em Six-Handed, with plenty of stars on hand, including Shannon Shorr, Hoyt Corkins, John D’Agostino, Erik Seidel, Isabelle Mercier, Greg Raymer…

Stuck for time? Here’s the short version, your top-level view of the last 24 hours of excitement at the 2007 World Series of Poker…

Monday brought nine players together for the final table of the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Event #27, with a WSOP bracelet and a first-place cash of $603,069 to the winner. Here’s the players, seat assignments and chip stacks at the start…